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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 311

Edward VI (1547-53), second period 1549-50, Shilling, 4.77g, 1549, Canterbury, m.m. t (for William Tillsworth) both sides, edward'. vi'. d. g'. agl'. fra'. z'. hib'. rex, crowned bust right, rev. timor: domini: fons: vite: m:d:xlix., oval garnished shield dividing e-r (N.1921; S.2468), lightly double struck at end of obverse legend, otherwise well struck with a charming portrait of the king, good very fine, deep old tone, very rare

provenance
R C Lockett, part IV (English part II), Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1892, 'a beautiful coin for this issue' (illustrated), £21

In the Lockett catalogue it states 'ex Murdoch collection' for this coin, but this provenance relates to the previous lot 1891, another Shilling of 1549 but with m.m. grapple. This was Murdoch lot 492. Both coins were purchased at the Lockett sale for the Slaney collection, the Shilling with m.m. grapple was offered in part I, lot 19.

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Sold for
£3,900